Also known as: enq.
ENQ has various meanings in the IT Terminology category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of ENQ in IT Terminology.
In computer communications, enquiry is a transmission-control character that requests a response from the receiving station with which a connection has been set up. It represents a signal intended to trigger a response at the receiving end, to see if it is still present. The response, and answer-back code to the terminal that transmitted the WRU who are you signal, may include station identification, the type of equipment in service, and the status of the remote station.
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